Objective: To compare the diagnostic value of transcranial color Doppler sonography (TCCS) with contrast-enhanced transcranial color Doppler sonography (CE-TCCS) for the detection and characterization of intracranial aneurysms.
Methods: Thirty patients highly suspected of having an intracranial aneurysm were imaged using TCCS and CE-TCCS. The ability to detect the aneurysms and determine their size and location accurately was compared with findings from digital subtraction angiography.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the application of sonography at the polyclinic of the Olympic/Paralympic village during the Olympic/Paralympic Games.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 759 consecutive patients who underwent sonography at the ultrasound division of the polyclinic in the Olympic/Paralympic village from July 20, 2008, to September 20, 2008. Prevalence of emergency sonography after sports injury and non-sports-related urgent conditions during the games was analyzed.
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between intrarenal Doppler parameters and histopathologic changes shown on kidney biopsy in renal transplant dysfunction.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the records of 113 patients (61 men and 52 women; age range, 22-76 years; mean age ± SD, 50.9 ± 12.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and therapeutic effectiveness of ultrasonography (US)-guided percutaneous microwave ablation (PMA) in the treatment of peripheral lung cancer.
Methods: From December 2002 to September 2003, 12 Chinese patients with 16 histologically proven lung malignant tumors (6 primary and 10 metastatic) were treated with US-guided PMA. All tumors were located at the peripheral portions of the lung where the tumors were in direct contact with visceral pleura and visualized on US.